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IESP Policy Brief No. 02-08(October)

Key Findings

Public funding for after-school programs in New York City has dramatically increased from 1998 to 2008.

Fundings provided by the City of New York account for more than 50 percent of all public school funding available for after-school programs in New York City. Since 2004, the City of New York has spent more than $110 million annually on after-school programs.

State funding for after-school programs has increased significantly since 1998, but has been flat since 2002.

The number of children and youth participating in after-school programs that receive public funds in 2008 is more than eight times greater than it was ten years ago.

Funding per participant has also increased, from $1,386 in 1998 to almost $1,800 in 2008, a real increase of 30 percent per participant.